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2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
210 Degrees Awarded
$34,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value ME Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Mechanical Engineering is the 20th most popular major in the country with 47,598 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, mechanical engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $64,495 and had an average of $23,104 in loans still to pay off.

Across Colorado, there were 1,330 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,363 and $24,691 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 210 mechanical engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in mechanical engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great mechanical engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the mechanical engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for colorado master’s degree me students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Mechanical Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado School of Mines. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Golden, Colorado, this medium-sized public school handed out 56 degrees to qualified masters’s ME students in 2019-2020.

Mines not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado School of Mines are $39,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at Mines

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 94 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CU - Boulder Mechanical Engineering Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 33 masters’s ME degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Colorado State Mechanical Engineering Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ME degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU Anschutz are $23,915.

Read full report on Mechanical Engineering at CU Anschutz

#5

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it awarded 5 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

UCCS also took the #0 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs are $25,774, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UCCS Mechanical Engineering Report

#6

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#4 in overall quality

University of Denver landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value ME Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 9 masters’s ME degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at DU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Mechanical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at DU are $52,899.

Full DU Mechanical Engineering Report

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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